Strike looms in Nigeria - source: Nigerian Vanguard

Why strike must go on tomorrow, by NLC

Last minute moves by the Federal Governemnt to avert nationwide strike on the heels of the removal of subsidy on petrol apparently failed as Labour insisited, yesterday, that the strike commences tomorrow.
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) said the government went before the wrong court to procure an injunction to stop the strike.
The National Industrial Court (NIC) had, on Friday, granted an exparte application brought on behalf of government by the Attorney- General of the Federation, Mohammed Bello Adoke (SAN), praying the court to restrain the NLC and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) from embarking on masss protests/strike action beginning from tomorrow.
In his ruling , the NIC president, Justice Babatunde Adejumo, restrained the defendants from embarking on street protests. rallies or any other action that may be inimical to the nation’s economic affairs pending the determination of the motion on notice.
The court therefore adjourned till January 12 for hearing of the motion on notice…
The NLC while mobilising its affiliates, yetserday, for the strike to start tomorrow described the NIC injuction as a vain action by “some backroom boys and girls who claims they have given injunction to stop the strike.”